Garment-supporter.



I PATENTBD DEOQ18, 1906. I M. SILBERMAN. GARMENT SUPPORTBR. APPLICATION FILED MAY 18,1905.

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EMANUEL SILBERMAN oFrHm D P- a- P Y .f .eAnM 1 f UP 5 T I I To aZZitcho hi/I it Wtay concern:

in the city and county of Philadelphia, State ,of-Pennsylvania, have inventeda new and useful- Garment Supporter, of which the folf lowin g'is a specification.

-My mventf'onfconsists of a .support'ifor a ,sanitary jcloth, an article of wearingap a rol, and" the like, the same embodying a,

mloopandmeans for'carryingthe sameand securingit in ,position,-said loop possessing I increased resiliency, whereby it maybe easily it: Openedand mOre conveniently fitted uponIa stud, button, lacingcord, &c., and. holdgifirmlythereon, while its strength is increased, 'as'willbehereinafter set forthr .fere nt attachment in eachxfigure. Fig.4 rep- Y'resents aj'top-Hedgeview thereof.- Fig. 5 represents a" perspective view thereof. Fig. 6

' P Qrepresentsan elevation of a, modification. I j i- S1m1lar lettersfof reference indicatecorresponding parts inthe figures. v

F "pin of'the orderof a saftey-pirnfo'rmed. of

- wire and; composed of the top member B,.the

bottom member or pin proper, C, the; coil D,- and guard E, the latter forming the device for hold'ingth'e pointed end of said bottom memberdn operative position,lwhich tea- ,tures of themselves are of usual'construction.

3 v The central portion of the top member is'de-' flecte'd upwardly, forming the loop F, which a is adapted tobe fitted on a stud of a corset, as I 3 in Fig. '-1', the lacing ofa corset, as in Fig. 2, or a'button of-a corset, as in Fig. 3, While a cata wearing-apparelmay be engaged by the pin said stud, &cl; The top member is virtually d'ividedfby said loop F, "one portion joining the coil-D and the-other portion terminating in the point. that enters the guard. It will 1 .here'be'noticed-thatthebottom of the loop is open orseparated, forming the throat G, 1-; betw'een the loop and the interior'of the body U i I q of the pin, and the portions-of theopposite sidej'w'allsof said loop above'said throat f [somewhat approach eachjothen'so that said :throat'is narrower than the width of the upl [Per ,P rti h oahe 100p; and h upwardidis' Specification of Letters Patent, Y Z I ApplicationiiledMay18,'1906. seri lm zeomo.

, Referring to. the drawings, -A designates aj v Patented DecJIS;1906.

, placement of'said loop from,said stud,.&c., is

prevented. I l f The material of the loop is in-ameasure upset and thereby flattened .and reduced ,in thickness,,las H, without destroying its fiber and without disturbing the general circular. nature of the remainingportions of the upper and lower members and coil of the device,

excepting on the upper member at the sides of the throat G, as at J. 7 These reducedportions on the top member at the sides ofthe lower ends of the loop assist in providing increased resiliencyfor what. may be termed the legs of the loop, as it is evident thatsaid top member is comparatively rigid or inelastic in lateraldirection and so resists theSepaa I rating motions of said legs, but this is mate I Figures J1, 2,,and are elevations of a'support' embodying my invention, showing a difof the loop F would be attended wit culty, owing to the resistance of the end con- .nections of the upper member, but as the material of said loop is reduced in thickness, when the walls of the throat G are presented longitudinaldirection, owing to the cOnneo- I tion of one end of the same with. the guard A fand-coilD. Hence the distention or o ening diffi- I to. and pressed against the shank of a stud or button or a lacing or other connection or suspension said walls readily yield inlateral direction and so easily separate, permitting the passagev of the shank through said throat and its seating i'n'the upper partof the loop, v the throat then'closing, so that upward displacement of the loop is prevented until superior force is properly exerted by raisingthe device, when the throat is again opened, the I It will be noticed efiectof which is evident. also'that as the'loop is flattened and reduced inthickness it is permitted to pass freely over'the shank of a stud or button, even if the length" of such shank is small, and it will readily slide'between the head of such shank and theface of the corset or garment to which the stud or button is secured orbe-' tween such head'and the fastening-plate of a corset, as at It will be noticed, further,

. that the fiatteningand reducing of the thickness of theloop is accomplished/by compression, thus preserving the fiber of the metal of the loop and increasingthe strength and durability of the latter.- Attention is directed to the fact that when the pin is removed from the guard E, the two lengths of the top member are grasped by the hand, preparatory to applying the loop upon the stud, said lengths then being bent downwardly, when the legs contact with said stud, this being readily ac complished, owing to the reduced thickness of the top member near the angles or places of junction of the same with the loop. Then as the legs press against the stud the reduced material in the said lengths permit said angles or connections'to bend slightly upwardly suf ficient to ease the motion of the separation of the legs, as the walls of the narrow throat ride upon said stud. When the stud occupies the upper wide portion of the loop, said angles or places of connection close toward each other, the length of the top member having, been let go, it being noticed that by the construction presented, a woman could easily place the device on the stud and as easily remove the same.

In Fig. 61 show a body composed of the frame K in lieu of that of the safety-pin, its ends being connected by a sleeve L, said ends entering said sleeve and being thereby held by the same from improper opening; but the loop F rises from said frame and operates similarly to that in the other figures. In this case a cloth or article of wearing-apparel may be secured to the bottom of said frame in any suitable manner.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A garment support of the character stated composed of a body having a pin and a loop rising from the top member of said body, the legs of said loop being laterally separable and having its material reduced in. thickness from that of said body, the portions of said top member at the sides of the base of said legs being also of reduced thickness from that of the remaining portion of said body, the reduced portions of said top member being laterally continuous of the reduced legs of said loop.

2. A garment support of the character stated, composed of a body, a device for holding an end of the bottom member thereof, a loop rising from the top member thereof, the

legs of said loop being laterally separable and having its material reduced in thickness from that of said body, the portions of said. top member at the sides of the base of said legs being also of reduced thickness from that of the remaining portion of said body, the reduced portions of said top member being laterally continuous of the reduced legs of said loop.

EMANUEL M. SILBERMAN. Witnesses:

JOHN A. VVIEDERsHEIM, S. R. CARR. 

